Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 983 Chaos
When Hauge was about to capture the Joseon royal palace, several Joseon soldiers took advantage of the chaos and escaped from Seoul with a baby.

After they rode out of the city, they ran north without looking back. After running about ten miles, they looked back and saw that the whole city of Seoul was filled with thick smoke.

"Oh my goodness! Could it be that Hauge set the palace on fire?" A bearded man couldn't help but say.

"In all likelihood, it looks like the King of North Korea is in great danger." A slightly younger man nodded, a trace of pity flashing across his expression.

"What are you mumbling about? Hurry up and go! Are you planning to stay here and wait for Hauge to come?" an officer interrupted directly and scolded with a cold face.

"Got it, sir. Let's go now!" The two men hurriedly replied, whipping their horses hard. The Korean soldiers did not speak Korean, but proper Chinese. They continued to run forward, and finally arrived at a place after running a few miles.

When they arrived at a better place, the man dressed as an officer was looking around on his horse. A few people appeared not far away and shouted towards them. After taking a closer look and confirming that they were his people, he dismounted and walked forward.

"Brother Lu, how is the work going?"

"It's done! Seoul is in chaos. When we left the city, Hauge had already led his troops to attack the palace. The palace should have been captured by Hauge by now. Thick smoke is billowing in the city. The King of Korea is in great danger. As for the other people in the palace, I'm afraid they are also out of danger."

"Where are the people you brought out?" the visitor breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

The officer named Lu waved his hand and a subordinate appeared from behind him, carrying a baby on his back. The baby looked to be only four or five years old. He was wearing a brocade robe, but his face was full of tear marks. Maybe he was tired from crying or for other reasons, and he was sleeping soundly.

"Is this Mr. Le Shan? Do you have any evidence?" The man looked at the doll and asked.

Officer Lu took out something from his bosom. After the man took it and examined it carefully, he immediately smiled.

"Brother Lu has made a great contribution today. I, your brother, congratulate you!"

"Well... Let's not talk about whether it is a credit or not. I lost several of my subordinates this time, but at least I have fulfilled my mission." Officer Lu sighed.

He reached out and patted his shoulder, and the man nodded. Almost everyone in the group led by Officer Lu was injured, and the number of people who came here was much less than expected. In addition, what he had just said, those brothers who did not come all died in Seoul.

But after all, they got the people out, and that was enough. This place was too close to Seoul, so it was inconvenient to stay for long. They didn't say much. After a brief communication, the person who came arranged for Officer Lu and his men to change new horses and continue northward. In the next few days, this group of people hid during the day and went out at night to walk around the city, heading north and finally arrived near Tieshan. When they arrived at Tieshan, they were picked up by people who had been waiting there, and then they turned back to the south and boarded a ship on the seashore south of Tieshan, then went out to sea and continued southward, arriving at Pi Island half a day later.

After arriving at Pi Island, Li You, who had been waiting there for a long time, met the visitor directly. Then he checked the doll's identity card again. After confirming that it was correct, he finally smiled.

It was not easy! They provoked trouble in front of the palace in Seoul, Korea, and then took advantage of the chaos to cause a fight between the Korean army and the Eight Banners of Hauge. Then they took advantage of this opportunity to kidnap the youngest son of the Korean king Li Jong, Leshan Jun Li Yu, together with the people who sneaked into the palace, and then took Li Yu to escape from Seoul and arrived at Pi Island with great difficulty. These people were all masters of the Jinyiwei, and several Jinyiwei sacrificed in this incident, and the price was not small. However, these costs are worth it now. Not long after they arrived at Pi Island, news came from Seoul, Korea. Hauge was furious and not only captured the Korean palace, but also burned, killed and looted in the palace. The Korean king Li Jong, the queen, and the princess committed suicide, the prince resisted and was killed, and the rest of the princes and princesses were almost killed, leaving only the nine-year-old Chongshan Jun Li Cheng.

As for the palace maids, eunuchs, and female officials who died unjustly, there were even more. The Joseon royal palace was like a hell on earth, with blood flowing like a river. Not only that, Hauge also attacked the nobles of the Yangban class in the capital. Most of them were killed or injured. The rest either fought their way out of the blood and escaped, or were caught by Hauge and imprisoned.

In one day, the Joseon Dynasty was transformed. The king and the crown prince were gone, and there were only a few survivors among the nobles. When the news spread from Seoul to other places, there was an uproar in all parts of Joseon. The Koreans never expected that Hauge would be so cruel to Joseon, especially the king and the crown prince were killed, which made the Koreans feel like they had lost their parents and were in great grief.

As the news spread quickly, the angry Koreans burst out with great hatred for the Qing Dynasty. The Korean people were already extremely angry because of the Qing Dynasty's unscrupulous plunder and cruel suppression of Korea. Now the king and the crown prince were also killed by Haoge. The Qing Dynasty was going to destroy Korea! They didn't treat the Koreans as human beings at all. Faced with such a situation, how could those who had been patient or waited and watched before still bear it? All of a sudden, all of Korea was in chaos, and there were forces resisting the Qing Dynasty everywhere.

Moreover, the nature of the current situation is different from that of the previous ones. Previously, it was just a spontaneous resistance formed by ordinary Koreans. As the news of the Seoul Incident spread, the yangban nobles and local aristocratic families who had escaped by chance directly launched a rebellion in order to protect themselves.

Their influence in North Korea is not comparable to that of ordinary North Korean people. In addition, these people already control the local forces in North Korea, even the army. As these people also participated in the rebellion, the chaos in North Korea was out of control, and war broke out everywhere, making Ajige, who was suppressing the rebellion outside, complain bitterly.

The day before, Ajige led his Eight Banners to lead the Korean army to suppress the rebellion. The next day, the Korean army turned around and participated in the rebellion, and launched a crazy attack on Ajige together with the rebels. Ajige was in a panic and suffered a lot of losses without being prepared. It took a lot of effort to repel the rebellion. At this time, Ajige received the news from Seoul and figured out what was going on.

Upon learning what Hauge had done in Seoul, Ajige was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood. What Hauge did was not only a pockmarked person, but also a swindler! Why did he do such a thing? Are the King of Korea and the Crown Prince so easy to kill? Although Korea is a small country, it has a territory of 3,000 miles and a population of nearly 10 million. The reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to suppress Korea and use it for its own benefit was nothing more than because of the King of Korea.

And now, Haoge has killed the King of Korea, and even killed the Crown Prince of Korea and many nobles of the yangban class. Doesn't he consider the consequences of doing so?
What made Ajige even more angry was that Hauge did not discuss these things with him before doing them, and did them without even saying hello. If it weren't for the fact that the Koreans were really weak in combat and his own army was able to fight, plus Ajige's quick reaction, he would have been killed by the Koreans in a confused manner.

Faced with such a situation, Ajige was furious. Although you, Haoge, are a general, a prince, and the elder brother of the current emperor, you can't do this! You must know that Ajige was the highest military and political chief stationed in Korea appointed by Huang Taiji at that time, and Ajige is the son of Nurhaci and the younger brother of Huang Taiji. In terms of seniority, he is your uncle!
Moreover, Ajige and Dorgon are brothers, they are both born to the Queen Mother Abahai, so what if you, Haoge, are the eldest son of Huang Taiji? Now Dorgon is the regent prince of the Ming Dynasty. Even if I am one level lower than you, Haoge, in terms of real background, Ajige is not inferior to Haoge. But Haoge did not take him, Ajige, seriously at all, and caused such a disaster. What on earth did he want to do?
In a rage, Ajige had no time to continue suppressing the rebellion. Moreover, the current rebellion was different from the previous one. With the direct participation of the two-class nobles of Korea, including local aristocratic families, Ajige no longer had the previous convenience in launching military operations in Korea.

The Korean army that assisted Ajige before has now become an enemy, and the support that he could have obtained from the Korean government has now disappeared. Moreover, there are rebellious Koreans everywhere. Even if these Koreans have poor combat effectiveness, the problem is that there are too many people! It is not a casual saying that ants can kill elephants. Especially when many stubborn Koreans learned that the Qing Dynasty had killed their king and the crown prince, they were red-eyed. Even if they could not defeat the Eight Banners, they still went forward to exchange their lives. Seeing this, Ajige could not help but feel guilty and immediately issued an order to withdraw his troops. Moreover, he did not go to Seoul, but withdrew his troops directly to Liaodong, and retreated to the border area between the Qing Dynasty and Korea in one breath, and then stopped.

Then, Ajige wrote a report to Shengjing, severely accusing Hauge. At this time, the envoy sent by Hauge also arrived in Shengjing, and the two sides almost simultaneously sent two reports to Dorgon.

After seeing these two reports and reading their contents, Dorgon couldn't help but sneer.

Hauge, this brainless guy, actually did such a thing. I was worried about how to deal with Hauge and how to get rid of this guy. I didn't expect that he would do such a big thing in North Korea. Isn't it like a pillow falling asleep and handing the knife handle to me?
The chaos in Korea had directly affected Dorgon's original plan to raise supplies through Korea to make up for the shortage of the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, Hauge killed the King of Korea and the Crown Prince, and even most of the other princes died at Hauge's hands.

Because of what Hauge did, Korea suffered such serious consequences. No matter what the reason was, Hauge could not shirk responsibility. If Dorgon used this as an excuse, it would be reasonable to directly deal with Hauge. At that time, he would capture Hauge and imprison him. No matter whether he tried to kill him or just imprisoned him, Hauge would no longer be able to compete with him.

Thinking of this, Dorgon couldn't help but burst into laughter. After laughing, Dorgon couldn't help but consider the situation in Korea. Now Korea was in chaos because of Hauge. How to deal with the chaos in Korea next was a key issue. If Hauge was dealt with first, who would clean up the mess in Korea? And once Hauge was dealt with, what if someone in the Eight Banners expressed opposition and used this as an excuse to plead for Hauge?
After much deliberation, Dorgon decided to let Hauge go first, to solve the Korean issue first, and then settle accounts with Hauge after stabilizing the political situation in Korea. Anyway, Hauge's crime was real, and he couldn't shirk it at all. It would be the same sooner or later. Now Hauge was still useful, so he might as well make use of him first, and it wouldn't be too late to deal with him after he was done with it.

(End of this chapter)